Doppler radar observation of a tornado generated over the Japan Sea Coast during a cold air outbreak

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 321-334

  Kobayashi, Fumiaki ^a   Sugimoto, Yukari ^a   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^a   Maesaka, Takeshi ^b   Moteki, Qoosaku ^c  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE ACADEMY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR EARTH SCIENCE AND DISASTER PREVENTION   (Japan)

^c JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLD AIR; DOPPLER RADAR; GPS; PHOTOGRAPH; SUPERCELL; THUNDERCLOUD; TORNADO; VORTICITY; WIND SHEAR; WIND VELOCITY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN;

EID: 34548019492     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.85.321     Document Type: Article

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